How can you tell if inflation is really happening?
It might be a good idea to start a file with a day’s worth of grocery ads on a certain day of the year. Too many would be a sign of being OCD. Once a year, say on your birthday, you could compare the prices and see how much things have increased over the past year. When we are in the process we don’t always see it. I know that it seems only a short time ago we were paying 99 cents for a gallon of gas but how long was it really? I can’t even be sure what it was last week.
You can’t trust the government numbers. They leave out key items which effect us average people the most but by leaving them out they can massage the message the way they want.
Just a little something for you to do in your free time.
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